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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

would marvel at it. Often, by his own
account, he had nothing after whole
days study to refresh himself with but
crackers and water. But he held
steadily to his studies, ever hopeful
that there was high destiny before
him.
In the years from 1858 to 1860
revelation seemed to come to him from
the fields of the Crimean war and the
Anstro- Prussian war. He fell in love
with the zouave drill and uniform. He
perfected himself in that drill, even
sending to France for the necessary
books of instruction. He literally
filled himself with the subject. and he
made the Chicago Zouaves what thew
were.
But any one who thinks that Ellis
worth performed all this labor merely
out OF the vanity of commanding
the best drilled infantry company in
America, does not understand the man.
Lieutenant Brownell was q member Of
that company, and thoroughly knew
him in those days. He says that
Ellsworth, only twenty-five years old
then, was deeply impressed with the
conviction that civil war was imminent.
He knew that the South were people
fond OF arms and military exercise, and
that the North had almost forgotten
the use of arms. He knew that the
war-cloud was about to burst over the
land, and he believed that the North
ought to be aroused to enthusiasm on
the subject of military drill. For that
reason he organized his world-re-
nowned Chicago Zouaves; for that
reason did he visit with them the
Northern cities in 1859.
His example and that of his company
bore good fruit two years later. Ali
honor to the memory of Elmer Els
worth! Why should he not have q
statue?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

heroes =! OF the war. Infants were nam.a
~ non mono OF him; everywhere today
y yTa VIII md young men of less than
sn's.y Dnear1ng the given name of "Ells-
"ortn, or Elmer Ellsworth.
a brief reference to the mo,,a. j.,
s sn.cn ne came to his end will be suf.
r: to introduce the account that
Lieutenant Brownell gave of him. He
aaa RAJ raised in New York City his splen.
dld Fire Zouave Regiment, drawn an.
.lreiy from the ranks of the tiremen
ana had been in Washington
with it several weeks. As has
oeen stated, he was friend and
former ACQUAINTANCE of the President.
indeed, he had studied law in his Office
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

with two or three thousand others; and
1 wondered, as all did, at their military
excellence.
We can get the keynote of the aston
ishing exhibition made by this company
during that season by considering the
words of Lieutenant Brownell about
Colopel Ellsworth, as I heard them
from his lips at the campfire.
Elmer Ellsworth was a poor boy, like
tens of thousands OF other young Amer
leans, with his own way to make in the
world. He thought that he had q bent
for the law, and he studied in several
Offices. among them that of Abraham
Lincoln, who was attracted to him from
the first by the manly qualities that he
saw in him.
I heard Lieutenant Brownell read
the original diary of Ellsworth in his
nossession, describing the hard strug-
pples of the two or three years before
fhe war If could furnish that diary
to the readers Of the CHICAGO LEDGER
who have read shout the man. they
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Topics Of Interest Relatius Ia
Farm and Household
Management
Information for the Plowmau. Stock.
man, Poulterer, Nurseryman,
and Housewife.
strengthening crooi:ed streams.

On many farms open drains, either
natural or artificial, follow the tortuous
course first devised for them. If this is in
a pasture land these crooks in the stream
may not matter SO much; but where the
adjoining land can be cultivated it makes
q waste that cannot be afforded. Wherever
the old bed of.the stream or ditch is left,
an under drain should be put in before the
dltchas filled up. This underdrain will
greatly lessen the amount of grading to be
ing ont where the bed in which the stream
formerly run is filed with made soil. II
there is IN underdrain at the bottom the
surplus water will soak through the soil to
It ard be carried of without damage, while
1t water runs over the surface, many tons
OF rich soil will be washed away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Hietd of Mtih aud Butter.

An English paper says: In the milking
trials at the dairy show the greatest
weight of milk produced in "a hours was
57.5 pounds, yielded by May Duchess
XVIII. the property of MI. Edwards, of st.
Adams, Mr.. Hornby's COW, Milk Pail be-
ing close with 57.3 pounds. These records
do not come up to those credited 10 Hol-
stein COWS at the New York dairy show.
where the prize winners gave from t;l
pounds 81 ounces to 65 pounds III ounces
OF milk; but then the largest quantity of
milk produced only IL pounds lOA ounces
Of butter, and though the smallest of the
three. that yielded by the famous COW
Ciothilde, gave pounds Z! ounces, it con-
tanned over II per cent. of water and 1.39
per cent. curd. Shorthorrs were not
tested for butter at the London dairy show.
and it they had been comparison Of gross
weight would not have been fair, seeing
that American judges tolerate butter con-
tanning such large proportions of water
and curd. In the bnttertest for JERSEYS at
lslington the largest quantity produced in
q day was / pound Is ounces, in which
there was probably nearly as much pure
butter as in the mixture of butter, water,
and curd above referred to, although the
little Jersey would consume great deal
less food than the big Dutch. COW. More
over the largest yields OF butter yet re-
corded at a public trial in America or
Canada were those of two Jersey cows ut
! Guelph show in 1S86-namelv, 81 pounds
and 3.4 pounds in one day, the highest be.
ing nearly pound greater than the pro-
| duce Of Clothilde, the champion butter
making COW of all the Holsteins in the
world. Not to be beaten, however, the
owner of Clothilde declares that since the
New York show the COW has given rs
( pounds 81 ounces of butter in week, or
over 4 pounds per day, as compared with
pounds y ounces in the public trial.
! This is only one out of many instances Of
private records being double those derived
from public tests. 1t is possible TO work
very large proportions of curd and water
| into butter; and no practical duiryman will
believe in 3 pounds of butter per day be-
ing produced without some device Of the
kind indicated. AS to milk, Clothildes
private record at the age of years was
26.O21 pounds, Or 1888 gallons in twelve
months; but she has never approached that
quantity in proportion in public trial.
According to Prof. Long, the highest au-
thenticated record is $4,000 gallons in
| twelve months.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
THE SrOCK-BREEDER.
Feed aud Care OF Fatt-niu0 Hogs

Feed aud Care Of Fattr1iaO Hogs.
Some well-known stock breeders in the
neiehborhood of Perth, Scotland, recently
engaged in friendly contest. the result of
which we find in one of our foreign ex-
changes. Rewards of considerable monetary
value were negotiated for the winner in a pig
feeding competition, in which good deal
of public interest conferred. The pigs were
s months old, and their respective weights
were carefully ascertained at the outset.
The contest, which extended over three
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
NfeMnaa6 Ralddi1An.

One and one half cups sugar, one quart
sour milk, one cup cuTrants, one teaspoon
saleratus, one teaspoon salt, one or two
eggs, one teaspoon shortening; steam two
and one half to three hours, then bake
| one. half hQur.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Cap Cake.

Two eggs, two cups Of -four, one cup
sugar, one-half cup butter, one half cup
sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls OF baking
powder, one teaspoonful vanilla.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
White Sauce.

Put into q saucepan quarter of pound
of butter, and mix it with spoonful of
-four, add glass of water. set it on the
be too thick, add little water; if too thin.
piece Of butter, and turn it afresh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
with corn. They will also eat dry hay, if
cut into shortlengths; but it is better to feed
il moistened and warm.
THE DAIRYMAN.
No Demand for Boou, a,,,,-r

No Demand for Rogue Butter.
The New Jersey Dairy Commissioner
gives it as the result of his observations
that there is very little demand for imita-
tons OF butter. when they are known to be
such, and states that the claim of sales
having increased largely since the passage
foundation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
THE COOK.
Cream l'iS.

One cup sugar, one egg beaten we'll, two
cups thick, sweet cream, one teaspoonful
cornstarch, flavor with vanilla. Bake in
one crust.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Acid Cream. for Batter

In the course of advice to small dairy
men, writer says that butter made from
perfectly sweet cream will not retain its
keeping qualities as we'll as that whore the
cream is allowed to become slightly acid.
1t should be kept thoroughly stirred while
gathering enough for churning, and
churned at temperature of GO degrees in
winter and So degrees in simmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

served sHovey's Babies. /" It was when
we were following Hood into Alabama,
from Rome, Ga, in the fall of 1864.
We had marched hard and were short
of bareback. We struck our first per-
simmons, which were just beginning to
ripen. The officers were powerless to
keep us in ranks when there were per-
simmons in sight. / recollect of tack
ling persimmon bush, and Major
Dunn said:
@sonny, those that mash on the
ground are rotten; eat the hard ones. !"
Then 1 went up in front and begged
for bit of bareback to eat, for i was
choking and pickering. Always after
that | felt like doing something to
Major Dunn. LEM JONES,
Company K, l30th Indiana
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
u laMex,

A half cupful of rendered suet mixed
with pint of sweet milk. yeast cake, one
egg, one-half nutmeg, and flour to make q
batter. Bake in waffle irons.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Trade Vni,,cx Of Eer,ii;. IRA.

50 many persons in the West, especially
gardeners. florists, ETC., now use COM
mercial fertilizers that it is proper to pre-
sent the trade values of fertilizine in
gradients III the several substances mem
tioned-raw materials and chemicals-in
bulletin No. 81 of the Connecticut Agricul-
|. tural Experiment Station, as agreed upon
by the Experiment Stations of Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, and New Jersey. for use in
their several States during the present
years. These data will be as valuable for
study here as there, less the difference in
freights between localities:
Nitrogen tn:N Cents per ID.
Ammonia salts. l8ls
Organic nitrogen in: :
Dried and fine ground fish. Observation-Disclosures
Guanos, dried and fine ground blood and
meat. ..............,,,,.l7
Cetton-seed, linssed meal and in castor
ryIsa e,acs, ~ ,. ........
Fine medium bone ................. Is
Medium bone. i...........,..,..l3
Coarse medium bone.
Coarse bone, horn shavings, hare, and fish
Phosphoric acii:s - '''''';''''
Soluble in water. Observation-Disclosures. 8
Soluble in ammonium citrate. ...............7 ~
!nsoluble in dry ground fish. ...-..........
IN nne bone. .........................7
IN line medium bone. Observation-Disclosures
II LieoluAn zone. !. .
IN coarse medium bone. .....................4
In coarse bone. Observation-Disclosures. 3
In fine ground rock phosphate ...............
Potash as:
High-grade sulphate. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Sc
halnlt .................... ............ ~
4urlHse. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23

of the wheels aud an occasional
clash of arms. At midnight the Fed
eral forces were encamped in .
meadow, four miles from the Confeder-
ate camp. At dawn the Federals were
in motion, and at daybreak the smoke
of the Confederate camp could be
plainly seen. No pickets were en-
countered, and the Johnnies were una
ware of the nearness of the Union
forces. Indeed, the Confederate forces
were not aware of the condition of
affairs until their pickets, about one
thousand yards from their camp, were
driven in. Many of them were loath to
believe that the Federals were so near,
and attributed the firing upon the
pickets to the work of scouting party.
One of the Confederate officers was III
his tent at the time. He paid no at
tention to the firing, but presently re-
ceived message from his commander
to order his forces out. He turned
over in bed and lazily asked the
courier if the order was official. Even
before the bearer of the dispatch had
time to answer shell went crashing
through his tent The officer awaited
no longer for confirmation of the or
der, but tumbled out Of bed rather
hurriedly, exclaiming, well. that's
official anyway" and soon had his men
in line. 1t was at this battle that Gen
eral Lyon was killed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
THE PouLrERER.
Raising Yo,.,,y Ys.,4.ey..

nNS9ssy 1OUny IsaNeySs
The hardest task the farmers wife is
called upon to perform is to raise the
young turkeys. It is not difficult to hatch
ter and does her duty faithfully, while the
eggs are nearly always fertile. A single
union Of the gebbler and hen will fertilize
all the eggs the hen may lay during the
season. Like the human being, the turkey
is very feeble and tender when young, but
hardy when matured. The most important
matter is to never allow them to get wet.
They must not even be allowed on damp
ground, especially at night. Keep them
with the hen in a roomy run, dry, and
sheltered from winds for a week. Then
let them out on clear days afte. the dew is
off in the morning, and get them up early at
night. Feed on ground oats and milk,
cooked together as bread, with chopped
onion in it, and give finely chopped meat
and bone meal ut least once o day. Feed
often, and vary the food to anything they
will eat after they are q week old, but al
ways feed meat. Always look out for lice,
as that is often the cause of young turkeys
dying off. Give chopped eggs the first two
days, in addition to the other food, but
give nothing the first thirty-six hours. Do
not let the hen ramble too far, or tire the
young ones. Watch them closely till they
are past danger.
ErctMsiVe Grain Diet for F0avs.
There is no more wisdom in combining
poultry exclusively to q grain diet than in
keeping animals on q food devoid of bulk.
In the growing season, the hens eat grass,
grain, seeds, and insects, and in winter
they may be given more bulky food than
they usually receive, and at less cost than
that of feeding grain exclusively. Ifclover
hay be finely cut. boiling water poured
over it, and the mess we'll sprinkled with a
mixture of grain, and seasoned with a
little salt, they eat it willingly. and it af-
fords an agreeable variety. The clover
largely assists in supplying albumen to
the eggs, while the. health of the fowls is
promoted by the food not being very con-
centrated. No doubt some may consider
such seed as suitable only for COW or
horse, but it is also good for poultry. If
hens are kept on corn they become exceed
ingly fat, and rs unfit for laying as an
overfat animal is for breeding, but feed
them on variety which contains more of
the flesh forming elements than the car
bonaceous, and they give better results.
AS the stock should be kept warm and
comfortable, SO should the fowls. It is
much cheaper to provide suitable quarters
than to keep them freezing by stutiing
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23


The most useful kitchen utensil is g
sharp knife.
THE covers of the range should neve1
be allowed to get red hot.
A HOT shovel held over vanished furni.
ture will take out white spots.
CLEAN the zinc under the kitchen stove
with wooden cloth saturated in kerosene.
BUcKwHEAT and hominy should he
bought in small quantities and kept in q
covered tub.
For sore throat, cut slices Of fat, bone
less bacon, pepper thickly, and tie around
the throat with flannel cloth.
BAKING soda dissolved in spirits of
camphor and applied to corns night aud
morning will entirely remove them.
MADEIRA vines can be kept growing up
right and bright and beautiful all winter,
and they will help to beautify an un-
slightly corner of room wonderfully.
SOAP should never be rubbed OH finn
nels, but they should be washed i'll warm
sutls and rinsed in water of the same tenn
perature rs that in which they are washed.
A little bluing in the second water will
improve their color.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
It Was Official.

T the battle of Will
sons Greek the Con-
federates were taken
completely by sur :
prise. The columns
m ov ed by differ,
ent roads, and were
ordered to march as
silently as possible.
The only sounds
were the rumbling
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Ellsworth and His Avenser.
BY JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.
ME autograph is that

ME autograph Is that
of q man whose name
was on everybody's
!lips in the last week
1of May, 1861. but
WHO. like many an
other soldier who
made his mark early
in the war, he's been
well-nigh forgotten.
No loyal American
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
No Relation.

Billy was genius; solemn-faced
comique. He could keep whole COM
pany in an uproar of laughter, all the
while looking us solemn as a graveyard
owl in the depths of despair.
One morning was standing by him
in our tent, watching him make his
toilet, which would scarcely pass mus
ter in fashionable drawing room.
Hand me them scabbards, Jimmy,
said he.
ascabbards? inquired I, loo king
around.
1Yes; boots, then"
Billy arrayed himself in his "scab-
bards," a dilspidated pair of fashion
able boots, and stood up in very dig
nified manner.
@These boots OF mine l don't think
were any relation to that beef we had
for breakfast, Jimmy" said he.
"No," I replied; "if they were as
tough as that beef, and vice versa.
there would be better satisfaction all
around" J. c. B.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
Green Persimmons.

I wish to make mention of how Major
II. H. Bum, of the Third Tennessee,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
THE HOUSExEEPER.
sto'e Bread, ana Hoy to U,;,t.e !

stole Nreatl, ana Ho,V tn Er;if-e ".
In every household, however we'll ordered
it may be, there are sometimes broken
slices Of bread, that the good housewife
hardly likes to place upon her well-ordered
table, and yet these pieces of bread may
with. small amount Of labor be trans
formed into very tempting and palatable
dishes. Let me tell,you some of the ways
that J. use these scraps Of bread.
For o family of four 1 take of the
broken bread what would equal four whole
slices, place them in the oven or on the
toaster until we'll Drowned. While the
bread is t0asting put a pint of milk in
saucepan, place the saucepan in kettle
in which there is q little water; now add
desertspoonful of butter and tablespoon
full of cornstarsh dissolved in milk. Salt
to taste. Let this scald, not boil. Take
the bread from the toaster, butter it, and
from the saucepan over it, AM, you have
nice dish for tea.
BOILED BREAD PUDDISG.-Plnce in
chopping tray Us many pieces of stale
bread as will make one quart or three pints
Of crumbs, After chopping fine put in &
cloth or pudding bag. Press the crumbs
together firmly and tie tightly. Put the
bag Of crumbs in kettle with boiling
water enough to cover. Add large tea
spoonful of salt to the water. Boil three
quarters of an hour. This pudding. if
properly made, will be in n solid form when
taken from the cloth. To be eaten with
sance. We like egg sauce. 1t is made by
beating the whites of two eggs to a stiff
froth, add the yolks and one-half cupful
sugar. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. Beat
! together three minutes. sometimes use
another kind of sauoe with this pudding.
To one-h half cupful water add one-half
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-23
..ao,.s Of tho Battle isld, tho
Campfire, and the Marry
March.
Rebel OF Loyalist:

.osvp ny Az Rx.coNFEDE.sATR SOLDIER
W raE GRAND ARMY oR TEE hEPuBLIc.l
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